Hey Gang, I know this video is a little late, but I had a scorpion on me, and there was lightning all in my face
And there was an Iguana all in my face, and then there was a flood
More on that later. Guys, you know me, and you know I've seen some sh-tuff
But this eclipse is one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen.
and I urge you not to miss the next one coming up.
We were in a McDonald's in Belleville, Kansas. I overheard this guy say I can just watch the eclipse on the internet...
That's like Natalie Portman calling you up and saying "hey, baby, wanna date?" and you saying...
"I can just watch you on the internet." Ladies you can swap out Brad Pitt or Eddie Murphy, I don't know...
Let me just say there is no photo or video of the eclipse in the world
More beautiful than the one you'll have in your own melon, however photos and videos will help you cherish that moment.
This is our video of how we captured the eclipse.
The most important decision you'll make
is choosing your viewing location. If you want to avoid clouds and crowds this can get tricky. HANK: We're right here.
Nebraska's where I thought would be the best place to view the eclipse simply because there's so many roads
We can get exactly where we want. We can get right on that line. We can find a place by ourselves probably.
Right now clouds are forecast to cover the state of Nebraska
So I think my Nebraska plan is foiled. I hate to tell you this but...
The grass is greener. In Missouri, we got 50/50 chances of cloud cover.
There's a lot of towns here where everybody is going to be trying to get to this line
But is there still enough roads where I think we can navigate around them. The pros of of Missouri is two days of storm chasing.
And no driving. CRAIG: Now I'm not a storm chaser, so I can't... HANK: Then your opinion doesn't mean anything.
CRAIG: Considering thunderstorms muddies the waters of
decision-making
Concerning the main reason we're out here, which is to see the eclipse. It's like grasping for two things and losing both.
HANK: Which leaves us Wyoming? I think a hundred percent chance we can get into Wyoming
And there'll be no clouds. The problem with Wyoming. Is there's only one road
Everybody from Denver is Gonna be coming up. Some meteorologists are gonna say sorry, there's clouds here
There's clouds here everybody go to Wyoming. CRAIG: Bum rush.
HANK: And we could get stuck in Nebraska on the interstate just trying to get there. CRAIG: if we get there early enough
And we can find some little place to
Hold up, because sleep in the car or on the side of the road and just stay there even though
It'll be uncomfortable. Even though it'll be eighty degrees. Even though they'll be flies. HANK: So we're not gonna get a good night's rest.
So we're gonna be watching this event
Tired tired grumpy. CRAIG: But I think that just like when you do a show you get that burst of inattentive energy.
CRAIG: (Singing Lady Vodke) "Vodka! Vodka!"
We're gonna C1 endorphins kick in and then C2 endorphins. HANK: think you're probably right.
So this place is probably gonna be packed with cars. HANK: jam-packed!
There's Gonna be some roads little roads that come down like this. It might be neat to see the traffic
CRAIG: It's like a freakin Steven Spielberg's movies, and it's like what is it close encounters? There's a line of cars
That's part of the joy of it, seeing humanity Gather for a huge celestial event.
HANK: in Wyoming
We might be stuck with wherever we land there, so we could be stuck next to some dudes
Blasting Van Halen
during the eclipse
CRAIG: You just made it real dude. HANK: Yeah, then again. This is an eclipse
It's like so it's kind of the national park crowd. Which is generally respectful. NATALIE: Hey baby! HANK: notice our body language is...
turning our back on Missouri?
It's like the hot girl. It's like the woman
Yeah, you could tell she likes the guy cuz she kind of I think we are kind of turned towards Wyoming. Cheers!
Lets roll the dice.
All right Craig's back. They're doing something in the trunk and uh...
We're gonna put him on the spot in front of the camera
He's a coffee snob and watch how he's gonna try to hide from the camera that
He's a coffee snob
HANK: So dude. There's a gas station right here, so we should probably get some coffee at this gas station?
You cool with that, right?
CRAIG: Well, then the thing is...
HANK: this is
a gas station, Lets just get two birds stone at once. CRAIG: I understand but
It was packed full bathroom. HANK: There's nobody in there right out
CRAIG: Okay, HANK: you cool with that? CRAIG: Yeah, but I know that I'm gonna drink that coffee and have to S#!+ down the road. HANK: Oh
CRAIG: Did you just....
HANK: This is it, We are now in Wyoming.
CRAIG: It's like a dream.
HANK: Look at this awesome dude. We were fortunate to find a serene location in Wyoming all by ourselves
My objective was to let my cameras capture the event while I kicked back and just experienced it
Sometimes right before totality a creepy river of ghost shadows crawl out of nowhere and start slithering across the land
They're called Shadow bands and scientists still can't explain them
I set camera 1 on video pointed down at the road in case they were summoned then I'd swing that camera around at the sun in
the Moon
Camera 2 is zoomed up on the eclipse with an intervalometer ready to start snapping a still every second.
Camera 3 is set wide to capture the falling darkness and
360 degrees Sunset. Here's how it all turned out...
Shadow Bands! Shadow Bands!
Look at the Road barely see them
CRAIG: Look at the stars!
HANK: Wow, wow!
CRAIG: LOOK! OMG! HANK: WHAT!!!!
I'm doing my 360 360 sunset all the way around
HANK: Awesome! I'm set. Oh, can you hear the coyotes?
HANK narrating:
During totality the moon is the blackest black you'll ever see with the naked eye
It doesn't look real and it's creepy
When you see this you suddenly understand all the fear that this event created among our ancestors.
Hank: There's the diamond ring.
And it's all coming back. That was it that was the show
After the sun returned you had this overwhelming feeling inside you like you had just fallen in love... and lost it.
Well a few days ago Category 4 hurricane
Harvey hammered the Southeast Texas coast I apologize for not having much footage to show you guys. This storm was expected to dump
catastrophic rain on my Hometown Houston
Which it did so rather than risking getting stranded or separated from my family during all this I remained close to home
My family was fortunate that many, Texans were not so lucky. This storm may end up being the costliest natural aster
in us history.
Houston hasn't hesitated to start helping out those affected, and there's already floods of donations raining down from good Samaritans from all over
Wow, look at this. All these people are helping.
Houston is the city that took in the bulk of the new Orleans evacuees during Hurricane Katrina
You can damn sure bet we're gonna look after our own tell next time friends. Happy trails